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On 5/24/11 11:53 AM, Vladimiro Giacche' wrote:
You're obviously right. But you forget an important fact: this war was prepared and launched in a few weeks. Also the public opinion in western countries was - so to speak - prepared for war in a couple of weeks, using the real uprising against Gaddafi and a lot of false news. I would add that this rapid deployment of mainstream media is one of the most important factors in this war - and a quite astonishing one. A lesson for all us, for the future.
I don't question the demonization of Qaddafi, the CIA ties to elements of the self-elected leadership, etc. What I question is the notion that the West and Libya were on some type of Milosevic collision course. There are all sorts of desperate attempts to paint Qaddafi as an anti-imperialist hero. Such a bid is only possible by flushing 10 years of history into the memory toilet.
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